Britain's biggest film school trumps wider arts industry in diversity, report finds

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"The British film and television school that trained celebrated filmmakers and creatives including Aardman's Nick Park, writer and director Lynne Ramsay and cinematographer Roger Deakins has greatly outperformed the wider British arts industry when it comes to diversity, its new graduate impact report has found. Access to the arts for those from lower-income and/or ethnically diverse backgrounds has been a hot-button subject in recent years, with concern over the narrowing of pathways to creative success in Britain, and its resulting effect on culture at large."

"The new report by the National Film and Television School, however, boasts that their continued commitment to opening doors to professional training is paying off. Published today (7 October), the report found that in the past five years, 50 per cent of students identified as female, over 25 per cent came from ethnically diverse backgrounds, and the number of students from lower socio-economic groups has risen from 9 per cent to 19 per cent during the period."

The Independent covers major U.S. issues such as reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech and produces investigative reporting and documentaries like 'The A Word'. Donations enable continued on-the-ground reporting and allow journalists to present multiple perspectives without locking content behind paywalls. The National Film and Television School reports strong graduate diversity, training notable filmmakers and creatives while outperforming the wider British arts industry on inclusion. Over the past five years NFTS enrollment reached 50 percent female, more than 25 percent ethnically diverse, and students from lower socio-economic groups rose from 9 percent to 19 percent.

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